Nomenclature
original description
Giard, A. & J. Bonnier. (1888). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles de céponiens. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie de Sciences. 107: 44-47. [details] 
basis of record
Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality Sargasso Sea [details]